Donna Chapman

Claire Curran

Ali Simpson

What is the NAR?

• The NAR is a stimulus for generating ideas about how to assess pupils’ experiences in Curriculum for Excellence.

• It can be adapted to suit a range of lessons and can be browsed by curriculum area, level and stage.

• It can be used to support CPD.

Plus points…• Good to have a bank of resources that were

not too prescriptive and can be adapted to suit each teacher or class.

• Encouraged IDL opportunities as experiences and outcomes were listed.

• Was helpful to browse Responsibility of All outcomes in a bid to target those which don’t immediately appear to lend to each subject area.

• Teachers are able to comment on the exemplars.

• May be a preview of what’s coming.

Points to consider…

• Could also be browsed by experiences and outcomes to target specific learning areas.

• Tended to be more examples for Early, 1st and 2nd level.

St Peter the Apostle High

• Students create their own speaking tests in French.

• Quality mark for Health and Wellbeing.• The experiences were: - HWB 3-11a - MLAN 3-06a• Evidence of learning to evaluate was

clear and helpful (make, do, say, write)

St Peter the Apostle HighPlus points…

• Could relate to all of our subjects – Maths, English and Music

• Gave us all ideas which could be adapted to suit our curricular needs: video/questionnaire, opportunities for self and peer evaluation

St Peter the Apostle HighPoints to consider…

• The text was a bit small and lengthy.

• Would perhaps benefit from more of an overview at the beginning of each exemplar so it’s not as difficult to follow.

St Peter the Apostle HighPoints to consider…

• Less buzzwords• Videos didn’t load• Not sure about the

context for learner’s responses – learner 1,2 etc. Could instead just list pupils achievements.

Claire English Teacher

Kyle Academy

• Pupils develop a knowledge of key historical events.

• Provided with extended opportunities using a range of methods to talk about or express their feelings.

• HWB 3-01a: I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing

an opportunity to talk about them.

• SOC 3-01a: I can use my knowledge of a historical period to interpret the evidence and present an informed view.

Kyle AcademyPlus Points

• Provided clear links between Literacy in English to different curricular areas.

• Effective examples of open questioning to provide pupils with ‘thinking’ opportunities.

• Group work tasks (carousel) to vary language (good example of literacy working in different curricular areas).

• Emotional responses to power point presentations.

• Clarification of ‘How Much’ and ‘How Well’.

• S1 produce a nutritious recipe for muffins which comes with a set budget

• Quality Mark for Numeracy• MNU 3-09b: I can budget effectively, making use of technology and

other methods, to manage money and plan for future expenses.

• MNU 3-07a: I can solve problems by carrying out calculations with a wide range of fractions, decimal fractions and percentages, using my answers to make comparisons and informed choices for real-life situations.

• HWB 3-30a: By taking part in practical food activities and taking account of current healthy eating advice, I can prepare healthy foods to meet identified needs

DonnaMaths Teacher

Peebles High School

Peebles HighPlus Points

• The example was related to my subject as well as Health and Wellbeing

• It related to real life situations such as budgeting

• Evidence of learning to evaluate was clear and helpful (make, do, say, write)

• Examples of evidence: Videos, sound files and written work

Ali – Music teacherBridge of Allan Primary

• Pupils learn confidence and self worth through creative performance

• A partnership project with Tolbooth Arts who delivered a programme of Scots Song

Bridge of Allan PrimaryPlus points…

• Completely related to my day-to-day curricular work.

• The success criteria was similar to mine for a performing period.

• Experiences and Outcomes were from other subject areas – not just my own.

• Good coherence amongst experiences and outcomes selected.

• Good to have exemplars of learning logs used.

• Selected experiences matched up with success criteria very well.

Bridge of Allan PrimaryPoints to consider…

• Learner 1-4 in Learner’s responses were all the same so didn’t need each one written out.

• Couldn’t play the video so was unable to watch evaluations.